(continued from Chapter 29)
①
Brother Hui did not agree to let Yu Hu and Li Bo follow him, but introduced them to a job.
Although Yu Hu and Li Bo were not able to fulfill their wish to stay with Brother Hui, they were still very happy to find jobs. After all, the boss would never bully them for the job introduced by Brother Hui.
Brother Hui asked a brother to take Yu Hu and the others to the hotel behind the train station. This hotel was also covered by Brother Hui and the others.
This job is very simple, just go to the train station to pick up passengers who are willing to come and stay.
Food and accommodation are included, and the basic salary is 10 yuan per day. If you pick up a passenger, you will get a commission of 10 yuan. The more you work, the more you will get.
When I arrived at the hotel, I saw that Yu Hu and Li Bo were introduced by Brother Hui. The hotel owner was smiling and was very polite to them.
Li Bo and Yu Hu also think the job is good, relaxing and not tiring, and the salary is acceptable.
At least tens of thousands of people come and go at the train station every day. Naturally, there are many people who need accommodation. It is very easy to find three or five people to stay a day.
Because more work brings more rewards, as long as you work hard and work hard, you will definitely make money. The two of them were very happy and geared up to work hard.
The boss is a Henanese in his 50s, surnamed Qiao.
After the man who sent Yu Hu and the others left, Boss Qiao smiled and said to Hu and the others: "The innermost room will be where you live from now on. You can take a rest first. After lunch, I will ask A Ming to take you to the train station and learn how others pick up guests. Do you succeed?"
"Yes!" The two of them answered the boss in unison with a loud voice.
The room was not big, with two single beds and an old ceiling fan hanging from the ceiling, swaying feebly as if it would die at any time.
There is no bathroom in the room, but for Li Bo and Yu Hu, it is already very good. It is better than living in a bridge cave, and it is free.
The two of them rested in the room for more than an hour. Someone asked them to eat. The meal was very simple, including noodles and one meat and one vegetarian dish.
After dinner, a 25-year-old man asked them to follow him to the train station square.
He is A Ming, a hunky-backed man with no smile on his face and a cool look.
The hotel is about 800 meters away from the train station, and it takes about 10 minutes to walk there.
"When you go to the square, you ask people if they want accommodation. When others ask how far it is, you say it's very close. You'll be there in three to five minutes. When I ask you about the price, you say it's 10 yuan a room, or 20, 30, 50..." On the way from the hotel to the train station square, A Ming taught Yu Hu and Li Bo some tips on soliciting customers.
In fact, if you are proficient in doing this, it is not difficult. Just ask diligently to see who needs a rest. In general, you must be smart, speak well, and observe.
There are many hotels behind the train station. Each hotel has such employees soliciting customers, and of course some are part-time.
A Ming pointed to a few people soliciting customers and said to Hu and others, take a good look at how others solicit business, learn from it, and give it a try.
Then, A Ming gave Li Bo his phone number and told them that if anything happened, they could call him, such as being caught by the police, having a dispute with someone, or being beaten.
After explaining this, A Ming left.
②
Once you have a job, you can make money immediately. They finally bid farewell to the life of the past few days where they were worried about one meal and not knowing what would happen tomorrow. Both Yu Hu and Li Bo were very excited, gearing up, full of passion, and wanted to have a big fight right away.
They carefully observed the behavior of their colleagues in soliciting customers.
Those people all have a small sign in their hand that says accommodation costs 10 yuan. As long as there are no police around, when they see people carrying luggage, they will come up and ask, "Do you need accommodation? It's very cheap, 10 yuan a night.""
If they see police nearby, they will talk about the sign and leave as if nothing happened.
"It's not very technical, let's try it too? "After looking at it for a while, Li Bo felt that it was too simple and was eager to try it.
"Let's try it, maybe we will be lucky! "Yu Hu also thought there was no problem.
They started to look for the target. After a while, they saw two middle-aged men carrying big denim bags walking over.
"Brother, do you want to stay and have a rest? It costs 10 yuan per person. "Li Bo approached and asked.
"How far is it? I have 5 hours left for my evening train, so I can take a break. It costs 10 yuan, right? "An uncle looked at Li Bo and the two of them, thought for a while, and then agreed.
"It went so smoothly, and the happiness came so suddenly.
Li Bo couldn't believe it. He glanced at Yu Hu and smiled stupidly.
"Yes, 10 yuan, very close, less than 500 meters away, and we'll be there in three minutes." "Yu Hu said quickly.
"Okay, let's go. "The middle-aged uncle said to his companion.
Yu Hu took the lead and walked more than 100 meters across the road. The uncle suddenly asked: "How far is it? What's the name of your hotel? "
" "Ah, it's not far, just ahead." "I didn't expect someone to ask this suddenly. Li Bo and the others were hesitant, and they couldn't speak clearly.
" I didn't pay attention when I first arrived. I forgot the name of the hotel. It was the first time to do this. I had no experience and seemed a little unsteady.
" "Forget it, I can't hold it anymore. I'm young, I look quite honest, but I'm still a liar. "When the uncle saw something was wrong, he cursed and left.
The cooked duck flew away, and Li Bo was dumbfounded. The two stared at each other and smiled bitterly.
③
The first business was so bad, and the two were very upset. They just Realizing the importance of being familiar with the business.
Who is not vigilant when traveling?
After spending an afternoon near the train station, the two learned a lot. They also remembered the fastest route and the name of the hotel was Ruyi Hotel. They also learned many skills in talking when attracting guests.
After dinner, the two of them came to the train station square again. There were a lot fewer people at night, but the probability of these people needing accommodation was also much higher.
Maybe their good luck ran out. The two of them were busy until 10 o'clock. They asked many people but did not receive any business. At this time, there were very few people in the train station square. They went back to the hotel to sleep dejectedly.
There was basically no business this morning, and there was no need to go out. They slept until noon the next day, had lunch, rested for a while, and started working again.
A Ming gave them both a small sign, which looked more formal and increased credibility.
By about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the two finally opened the store, and a man and woman in their 30s wanted to stay.
Yu Hu and Li Bo took them downstairs to the hotel and handed them over to the proprietress sitting at the front desk. The task was completed.
In the evening, Yu Hu and the two found three more passengers, and the day's work was over.
The next morning, the two of them were sleeping in a daze when they were suddenly awakened by a noise. They came to the window and looked down.
After a while, I finally understood the whole story.
The customer who came over initially said, 10 yuan 20 yuan for accommodation and a 50 yuan deposit. But after the stay, the boss will say that it was originally 50 yuan for the accommodation fee per person.
Of course tourists will make noise if they don’t want to, but that’s what the boss does, so of course he won’t be afraid.
The more honest passengers will make a little noise and leave thinking they are unlucky, while the stubborn passengers will make a big fuss if they don't want to suffer a loss.
As you can imagine, the person who made the noise will definitely suffer. A Ming and the other three big men are not decorations. Their job is to shut up the "disobedient" passengers.
The noisy passengers will inevitably be beaten severely and eventually leave bruised and swollen.
Looking at all this, Yu Hu and Li Bo were silent. Suddenly they felt that this job was no longer good. It was deception and abduction, and it was a work that was unscrupulous.
The two of them felt extremely heavy, and once again understood the cruelty of life and the darkness of reality.
"Actually, if you think about it, you will know that for 10 yuan a night, we will be given 10 yuan as commission. The boss is not stupid, but we are too stupid." Li Bo lit his cigarette and said to Hu with a wry smile.
④
With very few exceptions, the saying "human beings are inherently kind in the beginning" is basically true. Everyone is kind at first, but after many things, they will become numb and cruel.
What’s more, some people have changed from victims to perpetrators. As the saying goes, the boy who slays the dragon eventually turns into the evil dragon.
After knowing the truth of the matter, neither of them could accept it psychologically and felt that they were helping others.
Yu Hu wanted to leave, but Li Bo was unwilling. He said, we don’t have a penny, and we need to earn some money to leave. Otherwise, will we continue to pick up scraps and become beggars?
The world is like this. We can’t change it. Even if we don’t do this, others will do it. The hotel will not close down and people will still come to stay every day.
And if we don’t do this now, what else can we do? We just brought them here. It wasn’t us who forced them to ask for money, and it wasn’t us who beat them. If you don’t want to see them being bullied, then don’t watch.
Yu Hu had no choice but to do it. This job was introduced to him by Brother Hui. How could he run away after working for only two days? Besides, I don’t have any money, so what else can I do?
The two of them discussed that they would leave once the likes reached 1,000 yuan, or go find a construction site outside to move bricks, and no longer earn such unconscionable money.
During lunch, the boss settled yesterday’s commission. He hired 5 people yesterday and got 50 yuan.
Yu Hu and the others discovered that they were not the only ones soliciting customers in this store. When the boss handed out money, there were a total of 9 people.
In other words, there are at least 9 people helping this store to attract customers.
In fact, this is easy to understand. After all, this store has been open for a long time. Before they came, others were still living their lives.
⑤
Finally made money through their own labor, but the two of them were not happy.
If it were in the past, according to their personalities, they would definitely celebrate by buying a pack of cigarettes and drinking some beer or something. But this time, they were not in that mood and chose to save their money.
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, they appeared in the train station square again.
Maybe it’s because they are young and have just come out of the mountains. Their faces and eyes still have that kind of residual simplicity and honesty, which has not been completely contaminated by reality and society, making it easy for people to have a sense of trust.
Ten days passed quickly, and the two of them had saved a total of 700 yuan.
Yu Hu’s business is pretty good. On average, they can recruit seven or eight people every day, and they can earn seventy or eighty yuan a day.
They don’t like this job, they always feel a little unbearable, and they always want to leave as soon as possible.
They are still smoking Blue Coconut cigarettes worth 2.5 yuan, and their consumption has not increased. In order to make their hearts feel better, when they see the older and poorer people, they all tell the truth that 50 yuan a night is too much for them.
"If we work for another four days, let's go." Yu Hu said.
"Well, it's better to move bricks than to do this." After Li Bo finished speaking, the two of them laughed and were very happy.
On the second night, the two successfully picked up four people and took them to the hotel. When they were less than 100 meters away from the hotel, they saw someone arguing in front of them.
To be precise, they were fighting. Two young people were punching and kicking an old man. The old man dodged and did not dare to fight back.
Those two young men were also the ones who helped Ruyi Hotel attract customers. Yu Hu and Li Bo walked over quickly.
"I can't stand it anymore. I'll give you 10 yuan, okay? I really have no money." The old man cried.
It turned out that the two people were coaxing the old man to stay, but when the old man came here, he suddenly didn’t want to go.
The two people were unwilling and said that you were playing tricks on us. We couldn’t make this trip in vain. It’s okay if we don’t go. We’d also pay 20 yuan for travel expenses.
The old man was reluctant to give up the money at first. He muttered, "I haven't moved in yet, and I still have to pay. I didn't want to go. It was you who forced me to come. I'm young and don't learn well."
The old man looks to be almost 70, and he doesn’t speak much.
When the two people heard this, they became angry and started to fight.
"Forget it, it's not easy for old people. I'll give you 20 yuan." Li Bo said to the two people.
"Who are you? Are you saying forget it? A cat cries and a mouse pretends to be merciful. Are you soft-hearted and soliciting customers? What are you pretending to be?" The two people started to sneer at Li Bo.
Li Bo was not a good-tempered person. When someone said this, he became very angry. He pointed at the man and said loudly: "You are shameless. Say another word."
The man sneered: "You still stand up when you are a cousin. What kind of archway? If you hadn't been introduced by Brother Hui, I would have been rude to you. Do you really think you are nothing? You are worse than trash."
Upon hearing this, Li Bo felt insulted and punched Yu Hu. Seeing this, he also went to help.
After all, the two were young. Although they made the first move, they were quickly pushed to the ground and kicked hard by the two men.
This place is very close to the hotel, and Amin soon discovered it, and he walked over.
"What are you doing? Fighting?" A Ming shouted loudly.
The two stopped and then talked about what happened.
At this time, the tourists brought by Yu Hu and others had left long ago after seeing them fighting, and only the old man was still not far away.
"Li Bo, Yu Hu, this is your fault and it has caused losses to the store. There are 5 passengers in total. Please pay compensation. They are all our own people. I won't say more. I will pay 100 yuan. This will never happen again." A Ming said with a straight face and no doubt.
"And our 20 yuan." The two people also said.
Yu Hu slowly stood up from the ground, reluctantly took out 120 yuan from his pocket and handed it to A Ming.
"Brother, I'm sorry for causing trouble for you." Back at the hotel, Chen Bo looked at Yu Hu apologetically.
"Tch, is this interesting?" Yu Hu smiled.
"When I saw the old man, I thought of my grandfather. They are very similar..." Chen Bo explained, with red eyes.
"I understand, it doesn't matter, we have to leave sooner or later, let's leave tomorrow." Yu Hu knew what happened and violated the rules of the store. He could see the dissatisfaction in the eyes of A Ming and the boss just now, and there was no point in continuing to work.
The next day, the two got up early, stuffed their clothes into their bags, and left the hotel.
"Brother Hui introduced us to our job. If you don't want to do it anymore, let's call him and tell him." Li Bo suddenly said, and Yu Hu thought for a while and nodded.
